It's all about being creative

Because the topic is not
exhausted. We all share the same passion and the same needs: creativity
is a constant quest.

°° Creativity is the source power to an ever soaring imagination

°° Creativity is the land of the possible in the face of the
impossible

°° Creativity is the manifest of life

°° Creativity is NOT a profession! It's a mindset!

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1. Creativity starts with your talent

It takes a lot of courage to free dive and leap in the unknown - pride
is just ignorance - you have got to BELIEVE in yourself... alone.

Creativity puts talent to work. Read somewhere that talent is everything
you succeed at doing the first time around. Be it a Bechamel or whatever.

Creativity is building talent by repeated exposure to challenges.

2. High stakes

Blank space + blank state leads to conceptual yearning - PRESSURE is
the mother of all inventions - tension is the enemy of creation

The inner ultimatum of having to do something with a sense of temporary
irrelevancy, powerlessness, self-doubt and impeding self-doom by fear
of nothing popping up.

Pressure: ex of the lemon squeezing to extract juice. You need to press
it quite hard depending on ripeness... yet not crush it. You may need
to exact the pressure more than once to collect all the juice.

Examples of pressures? Deadlines, boss or client expectations, and constraints
of the project or media.

Be methodic and an hidden structure will form. Discipline the *urge*
to do. Put it on hold - ideas comes from making connections through stimulation.

All you know comes from somebody else.

There is no such thing as innate knowledge. The initial 5 points have
already set some guiding posts and upon finding confirmation of these,
you will grow either more confident in these or you will discard them
completely.

5. Elimination process

Mocking up is the elimination process.

Synthesis is a consumate art - so TWEAK till you drop!

Objectivity is detachment - seek it.

6. The framed constraints

DELIVERY is the crown - your work is the canvas - constraints make the
frame - your work must fit perfectly - measure up to challenges by setting
aside your personal taste / inclinations - after all you are only at the
service of - no matter what - don't ever miss a date.

Ex: a frame doesn't have to be boring and in fact, you need just the
right frame to put the piece in its best perspective.

7. Moving on

The project ends - accept your limitations - perfection does not exist
- strive for excellence by giving your 100% to the project - be sure you
gave it your all - don't look back.

Ex: there is a difference between *excellence* and *perfection*. Excellence
is accepting your limitations whereas perfection doesn't exist. So depression
follows instead of a healthy critic: always see the mistakes or how you
could have done it better.

Then move on!

Accept that you are already elsewhere. Enriched and empowered for the
*next* challenge!

Ex: Micheal Angelo and Sixtine Chapel; sculptor / vs painter. He ran
away. Was not his *expertise* but then faced the challenge. Thank God
for his 3D vision, can you imagine the Sixtine Chapel with its curved
ceilings being painted by a 2D vision painter?

Keep in mind, that creativity empowers your talent and whatever
you delivered, it is NOT the best you will become!